up next, live performance on the rink from olympic silver medalist, sacha cohen. first this is "today" on nbc. >> announcer: "today" at the rink is brought to you by smucker's. with a name like smuckers, it has to be good. >> this morning on "today" at the rink, silver silver medalist sasha cohen joins us and will skate for us. good morning to you. >> good morning. it's freezing. >> it is. you should be used to that as a skater. >> this is a little bit below that. >> you've been busy since then, skating and other things. >> i'm attending columbia university, launched my own line of skates. promoting at nationals this weekend. and just busy. >> u.s. championships are this weekend. you are a former u.s. champion. anybody you have your eye on? >> ashley wagner is a strong favorite. she trained with my old coach and i'll definitely be rooting for her this weekend. >> tell me about this special, ba barry manilow is the inspiration? >> yes. never had such fun skating to a live artist. don't miss it. it's great. >> training for the olympics, but obviously this is somethi